Garment hanger



Oct. 3, 1961 APOSTOLICQ 3,002,661

GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 6, 1959 IN V EN TOR. c/OJ'fP/V 5 4/ 06 7' 04/C0,

ATTOE/VE Y5 United States Patent 3,002,661 GARMENT HANGER Joseph E.Apostolico, 1205 Watson St, Scranton, Pa. Filed Nov. 6, 1959, Ser. No.851,438 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-88) This invention relates to a novel garmenthanger of the type having spaced upstanding members to engage betweenthe leg and the cuff at one side of the leg and at opposite ends of thecuff of trousers.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a more eflicient,stronger, and more easily used device of the kind indicated, whoseupstanding members are bendable toward and away from each other toaccommodate cuffs of different lengths, and which, when so adjusted,maintain a cuff thereon in desirably stretched condition.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterindicated above wherein the upstanding members are longitudinally spacedfrom each other and are independently supported at related ends of arigid coat hanger member, on extensions of the coat hanger member whichserve as supports for neckties, wrist watches, and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a device of thecharacter indicated above, upstanding members which have laterallyspaced upstanding loops which can be bent toward and away from eachother to accommodate cuff sides of different thicknesses and clamp cuffsides therebetween.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention willbe apparent from the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein, for pur poses of illustration only, a specific formof the invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings,

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a garment hanger of the invention, aportion being broken away and in section;

FIGURE 2 is a bottom plan view of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 33 of FIGURE1; and,

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view, showing the mannerof connection of an upstanding member to the related part of the coathanger member.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like numerals designatelike parts throughout the several views, the illustrated garment hanger,generally designated 10, comprises a coat hanger member 12, of generallyconventional wooden hanger form, modified in accordance with the presentinvention; and provided with short longitudinally inwardly directedextensions 14, on which are mounted upstanding members 16.

While the coat hanger member 12 can be made in one piece of metal orplastic, in the case of being constructed of Wood, the longitudinallyoutwardly sloping arms 18 are joined together at their upper ends by aglued spline, as indicated at 20, for the extra strength and rigiditythereby provided, with the shank 22 of the suspension hook 24 securedthrough the resultant joint.

The lower or outer ends of the sloping arms 18 are specially formed asdownwardly and longitudinally curved terminals 26, having terminalsurfaces 28 which are dis posed at slight upward and inward anglesrelative to the horizontal. Fixed on and extending longitudinally andinwardly from the terminals 26, are short extensions 14, which havestraight horizontal portions 30 having rounded free ends 32. The otherends of the extensions 14 have upwardly and longitudinally outwardlycurved terminals 34 thereon which have terminal surfaces 36 matching inangulations and in extent the terminal surfaces 28 of the terminals 26on the outer ends of the sloping arms 18.

3,002,661 Patented Oct. 3, 1 9 61 As shown in FIGURES l and 2, theterminal surfaces 28 and 36 are registered and are secured together injoints which include slots 38 and 40, severally in the terminals 26 and34, with splines 42 extending therein and glued in place. 7

.The upstanding members 16, otherwise referred to as trouser cufi clips,are madeof relatively stiff and strong wire or rod, preferably of athickness of about one-eighth inch, in one piece, the wire being bentmidway between its ends to define an arcuate connecting portion 44 fromwhose ends rise substantially parallel and straight perpendicular innerarms 46 of inverted U-shaped loops 48.

The loops 48 comprise horizontal bight portions 50 extendinglongitudinally and horizontally outwardly from the upper ends of theinner arms 46, and outer perpendicular arms 52 which extend downwardlyfrom the outer ends of the bight portions 50, and merge at their lowerends in horizontal longitudinally outwardly extending and substantiallyparallel legs 54, which can be substantially longer than the loops 48,as shown in FIGURE 4, and have free outer ends 56.

The clips 16 are mounted on the inward ends of the extensions 14preferably with their legs 54 on the longitudinal center lines of theextensions and secured in parallel bores 58 formed in the extensions,and with the loops 48 close to but spaced from the free ends 32, andwith the loops thereby reaching above the extensions with their bightportions 50 near to but spaced downwardly from related ones of thesloping arms 18. Suificient exposure of the legs 54 of the clips isprovided so as to afliord sufficient bendability of the legs, relativeto the extensions, to enable bending the clips toward and away from eachother for adjustment to accommodate trousers cuffs of different lengthsand hold the cuffs in stretched condition.

A pair of trousers is supported on the device 10 by slipping the cult atone end over the loop 48 at. one side of a clip and the other end of thecuff over the loop 48 at the same side, of the other clip 16, so thatthen the leg of the trousers bears against the adjacent side of theother loops 48 of the clips and the bight portions 50 bear upwardlyagainst the cuff bottom. With the clips adjusted, as above indicated,the outer arms 52 of the clips will bear against the ends of the cuff soas to maintain the cuff in a desired stretched condition. The loops 48of the clips 16 can be bent toward or away from each other, inaccordance with the thickness of the material of the cult, so as toclamp the cuff between the loops, in a secure but readily releasablemanner, without danger of damage to the cuff, there being no sharpcorners or edges on the clips which can catch in the material of thetrousers.

Objects, such as neckties, wrist watch straps, and the like, can bereadily passed over the clips 16 and engaged on the extensions 14, so asto be supported in a neat, compact, and readily available manner, whilea suit, including trousers, is supported on the device 10.

While there has been shown and described herein a preferred form of theinvention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarilyconfined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of andin the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated asbeing within the scope of the invention as defined by the claim appendedhereto.

What is claimed is:

A garment hanger comprising a pair of connected downwardly-divergentarms having longitudinally-spaced lower ends, short horizontalextensions fixed on and extending longitudinally inwardly from saidlower ends, each of said extensions having inner ends spacedlongitudinally from each other, each of said extensions being providedwith parallel bores opening to the free end thereof, and upstandingtrouser cuff-engaging clips mounted on said extensions, said arms beingrigid and being rigidly outwardly extending legs secured to the innerends of the 5 extensions in the parallel bores of the extensions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS MarbleDec. 18, 1923 4 Smith June 9, 1953 Barosso Nov. 23, 1954 Henderson Nov.12, 1957 Sherman June 24, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS Sweden July 20, 1954

